Wire handle for paper vessels.



No. 878,331. PATENTED FEB. 4, 1908. G. T. BLOOMER.

WIRE HANDLE FOR PAPER VESSELS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2. 1906.

W1 TNESSLES: INVENTOR A TTORNE Y5 CHARLES T. BLOOMER, OF NEWARK, NEW YORK.

WIRE HANDLE FOR PAPER VESSELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4, 1908.

Application filed Tilly 2 1906. Serial No. 324,447.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. BLOOMER,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Wayne and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Wire Handle for Paper Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wire handles or bails for paper receptacles.

The object of the invention is to provide a bail the terminals of which are bent parallel with the interior walls of the receptacle thereby to prevent the points of the bail from scratching or otherwise tearing the paper when the bail is tilted.

A further object is to form the opposite ends of the bail with lateral projections which bear against the exterior walls of an adjacent receptacle when several of said receptacles are nested and serve to space the same and thus prevent the terminals of the bail from puncturing, tearing or otherwise mutilating the walls of the receptacles.

A further object of the invention is to form each end of the bail with a socket or depression to accommodate the reinforced or overlapped portions of the side walls of the receptacle, the parallel teriminals of the bail being yieldably supported in engagement with said walls thereby to assist in looking the walls in assembled position while at the same time permitting free tilting movement of the bail without undue friction.

A still further object of the invention is to generally improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability and eflioiency as well as to reduce the cost of manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a paper vessel or receptacle provided with a supporting bail or handle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing several of the receptacles nested. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a portion of a bail illustrating a modified form of the invention.

Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating a further modification.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

The improved bail or handle is principally designed for supporting paper vessels and similar containing receptacles of that general class constructed from a single blank and folded into the desired shape, and by way of illustration is shown applied to a paper vessel of the ordinary construction in which 5 designates the bottom of the receptacle, 6 the reinforced side walls thereof and 7 the sectional top or cover. The bail is preferably formed from a single piece of wire or other suitable material an intermediate portion of which is bent to form a hand-grip 8 while its opposite ends are bent downwardly as indicated at 9 to form a pair of substantially parallel arms 10 the ends of which are passed through suitable perforations 11 formed in the reinforced side walls of the receptacles and are provided with loops or sockets 12 which bear against the exterior and interior walls of the recc tacle and serve to clamp the foldable side i aps or reinforcements 6 in engagement with the side walls of the reccptacle as shown. The ends of the bail after the loops or sockets 12 are formed are bent laterally to form loops or projections 13 the ends 14 of which are bent in parallel relation with the interior walls of the receptacle to form terminal bearing fingers thereby to prevent the terminals of the hail from scratching or otherwise tearing said walls when the bail is tilted laterally. The lateral projections or loops 13 are spaced inwardly from the interior walls of the receptacle and are adapted to bear against the exterior walls of an adjacent reeeptacle when several of said receptacles are nested thereby preventing the pointed terminals of the hails from puncturmg, tearing or otherwise mutilating the sides of the receptacle, as best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

By having the opposite ends of the bail formed with the sockets 12 the terminals 14 of the bail are yieldably supported in contact with the interior walls of the vessel thus assisting in securing the side flaps of the latter in position while at the same timepermitting free tilted movement of the bail without undue friction between the parts.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing there is illustrated a modified form of the invention in which the ends of the bail are bentto form an apexiform projection 15 while in Fig. 4 the terminals of the bail are curved laterally as indicated at 16.

From the foregoing de scri tion it will be seen that there is provide an extremely simple, inexpensive and eflicient device admirably adapted for the attainment of the ends in view.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A receptacle having a pivoted supporting bail the opposite ends of which are extended through the exterior walls of the rece tacle and bent upwardly to form fingers ac. apted to bear against the interior walls of the receptacle, the free ends of said fingers being disposed parallel with and adapted to bear against the interior Walls of the receptacle and the intermediate portion thereof being extended laterally within the receptacle to form bearing surfaces adapted to bear against an adjacent receptacle when several of the receptacles are nested.

2. A receptacle having a pivoted supporting bail the opposite ends of which are extended through the exterior walls of the receptacle and bent upwardly to form terminal fingers adapted to bear against the interior walls of the receptacle, there being projections formed in the bent ends of the bail beneath the terminal fingers and extending within the receptacle for engagement with the exterior walls of an adjacent section when several of said receptacles are nested.

3. A receptacle having a pivoted supporting bail formed of a single piece of wire the opposite ends of which are disposed in contact with the exterior walls of the receptacle and thence extended laterally through said walls and bent upwardly within the receptacle to form terminal fingers disposed par allel with the interior walls of the receptacle and adapted to bear against the same, the wire forming the bent ends of the bail being extended laterally beneath the terminal fingers to produce intermediate projections adapted to bear against the exterior walls of an adjacent receptacle when several of said receptacles are nested.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES T. BLOOMER.

Witnesses:

K. S. MOERNY, NELLIE LESTER. 

